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Yea, I would also love to say to my landlord "Hey bro! You know I've been renting this apartment from you for a few years now, and I would like to buy the joint

Yea, I would also love to say to my landlord "Hey bro! You know I've been renting this apartment from you for a few years now, and I would like to buy the joint at a prorated discount"

pjleonhardt 16y ago
It's called Rent-to-own. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-to-own#Real_estate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-to-own#Real_estate
albedoa 16y ago
"Well I should hope so! That's the agreement we came to a few years ago. Bro."
tristanperry 16y ago
Yeah I'd agree. There's a big difference between leasing/renting, and leasing-to-own and I'd be very surprised if Adobe offered a prorated discount system as a result.
mgkimsal 16y ago
It actually happens a lot in situations where people know the landlord. If you agree to it ahead of time, even moreso. I'd see nothing odd with Adobe giving people who've leased for 6 months a 10% discount coupon to incentivize them to get a 'full' version ("you've like it so far - lock in our current pricing now and save!") Adobe gets more cash quicker, user's been able to try it out without a lot of cash down up front.
dpcan 16y ago
It doesn't compare. At all. Your Landlord can't just create an infinite number of apartments on the fly and rent them to an infinite number of people at almost no extra cost to him. With software, this is a very real possibility and rent to own makes perfect sense. The minute Adobe says they will do this I'm in. I would love to be able to pay for 12 months and finally have my own copy. At about that time, they may release a new version, and at that time, heck, I might just stay on the subscription plan so I get the newer one. BUT, if I stop, I still have version 5.5 that I paid for in full.
- w1ntermute 16y ago
  > Your Landlord can't just create an infinite number of apartments on the fly and rent them to an infinite number of people at almost no extra cost to him. Incidentally, this is the same argument as with piracy vs. physical theft.

Yea, I would also love to say to my landlord "Hey bro! You know I've been renting this apartment from you for a few years now, and I would like to buy the joint at a prorated discount"

pjleonhardt 16y ago

It's called Rent-to-own. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-to-own#Real_estate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-to-own#Real_estate

albedoa 16y ago

"Well I should hope so! That's the agreement we came to a few years ago. Bro."

tristanperry 16y ago

Yeah I'd agree. There's a big difference between leasing/renting, and leasing-to-own and I'd be very surprised if Adobe offered a prorated discount system as a result.

mgkimsal 16y ago

It actually happens a lot in situations where people know the landlord. If you agree to it ahead of time, even moreso. I'd see nothing odd with Adobe giving people who've leased for 6 months a 10% discount coupon to incentivize them to get a 'full' version ("you've like it so far - lock in our current pricing now and save!") Adobe gets more cash quicker, user's been able to try it out without a lot of cash down up front.

dpcan 16y ago

It doesn't compare. At all. Your Landlord can't just create an infinite number of apartments on the fly and rent them to an infinite number of people at almost no extra cost to him. With software, this is a very real possibility and rent to own makes perfect sense. The minute Adobe says they will do this I'm in. I would love to be able to pay for 12 months and finally have my own copy. At about that time, they may release a new version, and at that time, heck, I might just stay on the subscription plan so I get the newer one. BUT, if I stop, I still have version 5.5 that I paid for in full.

w1ntermute 16y ago
> Your Landlord can't just create an infinite number of apartments on the fly and rent them to an infinite number of people at almost no extra cost to him. Incidentally, this is the same argument as with piracy vs. physical theft.